What's Bothering You?

[JellyLu]

My dog has a cough. Working in the vet field, I know a cough can be due to a lot of things. However, considering his age and the fact I can easily rule out heartworms or viruses he can get from other dogs.... signs are starting to look like early-stage heart failure. I'm really hoping that's not the case. I plan to bring him to work soon. Diagnostics without meds alone is $400 with my employee discount Whatever it takes to make my baby better....

Well....it's lung cancer.

Took him in today because he didn't eat dinner. The good news is, his heart's fine. We gave him an appetite stimulant and he ate 2 helpings of food and some cheese. If he keeps an appetite I can get him meds to keep him comfy until he decides it's time to leave us.

Cancer takes everything I love

 

[Tude]

I'm sorry about your puppy.

 

[Paperboy012305]

You know guys, if there's one thing on why you don't see me often on TBT related events, it's because they're too heavy on the art/drawing/crafting department which is my weakness.
Except for if these scenarios are related to New Horizons, I'm fine with that. It's the things that require a more hands-on interaction.

• I haven't really bothered with the arts and crafts growing up, as I always thought that was boring.
• I get super embarrassed when drawing certain features to the drawing, and I think to myself that I'm going to hate the finished project when I'm done with it.
• And about the crafting, I don't really come with the materials needed to do it. Not to mention that I never know what I'll need to do it, how I can get it done.

So yes, as much as I would love to have these new collectibles when they come, I fear that my lack of creativity is what's holding me back on getting a lot or in some cases, at all.
I was lucky enough to have the Farewell to New Leaf, Earth Week 2024, TBT World Championship 2024 and Mushroom Season to not require any arts and crafts to earn currency to buy the new collectibles, but that's only 4 of the events from last year as the rest required doing it to earn most of the currency at the very LEAST!

To add on, it's one of the very few excusable reasons why I'm not active on TBT as to when I used to. I feel like I have to participate in something that I don't like doing, even if it turns out good or bad, so I hide in the shadows until the event is over.
And even when the event is over, I'm still not active on the Forums since everything else seems to be more fun than I would like to admit.

Then again, my new year's resolution for 2025 is to try new things, even if I wouldn't like it, but this arts and crafts thing I think I can have a hard pass on.

 

[Dim]

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[seliph]

As fire hydrants run dry in California while AI data centers use a water supply the equivalent of Guatemala's yearly consumption, I hope everyone who uses or supports AI in any way knows that they are complicit.

Whether you're generating or using AI art, asking chatgpt a question or to write your essay, or making AI memes that would have been funnier if they were badly photoshopped, you are complicit.

 

[Xara]

Spoiler

the psychiatrist I saw yesterday put me on a new medication, and so far it's making me feel worse. I'm so nauseous and so, so anxious. I can't stop yawning, but I can't fall asleep feeling like this. this is gonna be a bad night.

 

[themysterybidder]

Spoiler: Sad

Today would have been my Mum's 71st Birthday and it's not even 7am here and the tears have been pouring down my face more than usual. I always wait until I'm alone before I cry as I don't want to upset my Dad, so I have to act as if I'm fine. I just miss her so much, everyday I think my heart breaks a little more without her. Happy Birthday, Mum. I hope you know how much I miss and love you.

 

[Psydye]

Wow, I feel called out.

 

[daringred_]

really need to see if my GP can refer me direct to a psychiatrist because the place she actually referred me to lowkey feels like it's wasting my time. i'm not sure what the woman i've been seeing is qualified for, if anything. i haven't even met let alone spoken to the GP apparently emailing my GP. there's been no mention of referring me onto a psychiatrist and i don't think there will be, and this unknown GP's advice was to put me back on an old antidepressant at a higher dose because he thinks the current one is what's causing my fatigue. (it's not.) three months for that to be the conclusion so far is crazy.

 

[Muna]

My sleep has been awful lately and I'm soooo tired this week.

 

[Seastar]

Spoiler

I'm in the worst part of my winter so far. It's going to ruin my sleep schedule. I am too exhausted to explain it.
My mom also just came in and was being very frustrating about everything. I wish she didn't even talk to me... I got so annoyed I didn't even try to argue when she said something false about the weather. I just wanted her to go away.

I'm also feeling disconnected from something... Eh.

 

[HavocSource]

I really wanna restart my island but i wanna save my kaiju money and robot and i guess no one can help

 

[kokone kizuki]

I promised my mom I’d sign up for the relay team at school so I did but I forgot to go to the meeting and I’m scared the coach will be mad at me or I won’t get a place on the teams djsndjsjs

 

[-Raven-]

Oil paint smells way worse than I remember… angy

What if paint is why my allergy flared up. Imagine?

 

[lasagne_of_death]

Someone's playing really really loud music and it's very overwhelming Loud noises and crowds do not mix well together for me.

 

[Psydye]

Idk...I just feel kind of hollow.

 

[nightglow]

Ridiculously tired today and cold. The temp has dropped outside and though we have sealed the windows and stuff, I feel a draft from somewhere.
I did sleep really well last night. So well the fire died twice. I also had vivid dreams about wild weather with bizarre shaped tornados and people having to evacuate areas ahead of the weird storm. Vivid dreams does indicate that I went into the stages of sleep, but part of my brain didn't shut down properly and so I can remember the dream in great detail like I watched a film, leaving me tired the next day. Keeping the blinds closed probably doesn't help the sleepiness factor but the light from the snow feels unbearable and I don't want to deal with a migraine. I feel like the edge of one is there but hasn't quite hit me so maybe it can be avoided with the blinds shut.

 

[Suguri]

I will never look at a magnified natural sponge the same way again.

Spoiler: Too much info

I overheard one of my classmates compare it to "my man's pubes." Man, so immature?? I hate how they act.

 

[Chris]

My boys are booked in for their neuter tomorrow and I'm nervous.

Spoiler: Related Ramble

I think it's because this was unplanned! I was hoping to do this the last Friday in February, but when I contacted them to ask how early I should call to get them booked in they said, "we've space tomorrow, can you come in today?"

Mad panic trying to find a store we could get a second cat carrier local today. My partner ended up going to get it because I just couldn't fit it into my schedule around work and their appointment. Thankfully my boss kindly let me have tomorrow off to get their surgeries done - he was very understanding.

They had their pre-op check-up an hour ago and they are all good to go. The only concern the vet had was that Sebastian's testes are underdeveloped - but we were already planning to remove them tomorrow so that'll soon be a non-issue.

They're going to hate me tomorrow because they aren't allowed breakfast and I've had to turn off their automatic feeder so no 2am snack like they're used to. Last meal is 11:30pm, leaving for the vet at 7:30am.

I know they'll be fine but I'm just on edge. They're my babies! ️

 

[xSuperMario64x]

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